Trump vetoes survive House override vote

The first vetoes of President Donald Trump’s second term survived separate override votes in the House of Representatives on Thursday.

The result was surprising because both bills that Trump vetoed were passed unanimously by the House of Representatives and the Senate. The bills would support infrastructure in Colorado and Florida.

The override vote on the Colorado bill veto failed 248-177, with one member voting. Florida override measure failed 236-188.

A two-thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate is required to override a veto. As a rule, if a vote to override the veto fails in the House of Representatives, there is no need for a vote in the Senate and the veto remains valid.

The votes came hours after Trump was rebuked by a Senate vote that pushed forward a bill restricting Trump’s ability to use the U.S. military in Venezuela.

Trump’s veto of the Colorado bill infuriated some Republican lawmakers in the state; among them was Rep. Lauren Boebert, the bill’s sponsor and a close Trump ally through the second half of 2025.

Design, Finish the Arkansas Valley Pipe ActHe sought to reduce payments that local communities would have to make to build a pipeline that would provide clean drinking water to rural communities in Colorado.

“I’m disappointed to see the lack of leadership in that chamber over and over again,” Boebert told reporters after the invalidated vote.

“This has nothing to do with politics… people are afraid of getting a bad tweet or being attacked,” he said.

Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., another co-sponsor of the bill, had said before the vote that overriding Trump’s veto would reassert Congress’s authority.

Trump’s veto “should give every member pause,” Hurd said. “My voters are watching, your voters are watching.”

In a message to Congress, Trump said he vetoed the Colorado bill because it would “continue the failed policies of the past by forcing Federal taxpayers to bear even more of the massive costs of a local water project that, as originally conceived, must be paid for by the localities that use it.”

Florida bill that Trump vetoed It would transfer a piece of land known as Camp Osceola in Everglades National Park to land reserved for the Miccosukee Tribe. The bill would also require the Department of the Interior to assist with flood-resistant structures in the area.

Trump announced that he vetoed the bill in part to prevent “American taxpayers from funding projects for special interests, especially projects that are not consistent with my Administration’s policy of removing violent illegal aliens.”

Trump was accused of vetoing both bills for political reasons.

The Miccosukee Tribe was one of them It is one of the groups suing the Trump administration over the construction of “Crocodile Alcatraz,” a detention center to house immigrants.

The facility has since been closed.

Boebert was one of several Republicans to oppose Trump and join Democrats in successful efforts to force the Justice Department to release files on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Boebert resisted intense pressure from the White House to back down on the effort.

There is also Trump He swore revenge A lawsuit has been filed against Colorado for refusing to release former county clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted last year on charges related to tampering with voting machines.

“I support the president, so I’m not going to vote to override him,” Rep. Randy Fine, a Republican from Florida, said in an interview Wednesday night.

— CNBC’s Justin Papp contributed to this report.